Aweil Stars FC

Aweil Stars Football Club is a South Sudanese federation football club commonly known as Aweil Stars or Aweil, mostly based in Aweil, South Sudan.[1] They perform at Aweil Stadium. They play in the South Sudan Premier League, South Sudan National Cup and South Sudan Football Championship. Aweil Stars FC are one of the victorious teams of Northern Bhar el Ghazal, and they are winners of South Sudan National Cup

Aweil Stars F.C.
Full nameAweil Stars Football Club
Nickname(s)The Constellations
Founded16 May 1999 (1999-05-16)
GroundAweil Stadium
Capacity1,500
PresidentRobert Majok
Head CoachYai Tong
LeagueSouth Sudan Premier League
20151st place

Club history

Since its inception in 1999 (Aweil Stars was founded on 16 May 1999, and declared an official, independent team), the club gradually consolidated its power; as commensurate with their performances, they were inaugurated into the membership of South Sudan Premier League (SSPL) in 2013. Aweil Stars lost a match against Salaam Aweil that ended 5–2 at Aweil Stadium.[2] And on 21 July 2015 Aweil Stars crowned champions by beating Salaam Aweil on penalties on Saturday evening, in the presence of state governor Salva Chol Ayat.[3] In April 2016 Aweil Stars was defeated 1–2 by Islah in Aweil State qualification for South Sudan Cup.[4] Aweil Stars FC team scored their first goal in the first half of the game but a stricker from Islah John Dog made it end with 2 goals in the second half of the game. After the match, Islah FC earned donations of £10,000 from the governor, £3000 from the state legislative assembly, and £3000 from the Wanyjokish government.

Honours
  • 1 Cup League ()

2014–2015

See also

Appearance

References
  1. Aweil Stars F.C.
  2. "Salaam Aweil beat Aweil Stars". Archived from the original on 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  3. Aweil Stars FC crowned champions of 2015
  4. Islah FC fires Aweil Stars FC Archived 2016-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
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